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We loved the TV football sportscaster who this fall said: "He ran a nice down-and-out pattern and was able not to catch the ball." If any of you are down and out at not seeing your name in this sacred space, just drop us a note. We will be able to catch the ball and will most happily run your copy.

Some even say it's quaint addressing an envelope "Lovejoy Hill, Cornish Flat," so get quaint . . .

We have a nice smattering of Christmas mail, so let's get to it before Easter eggs roll around. Dick Rondeau wrote from the Sheraton Maui in Hawaii: "Ann and I basking in ten days of Honolulu, Maui, and San Francisco, with lots of R&R and J&B. We didn't get to reunion from Texas because we took in the April 'Wearers of the Green' dinner in Boston. Seeing Bob Callen and Stan Zarod was worth the trip."

Rog Antaya says he and Bette didn't make our 40th because son Rog Jr., his Swedish wife, and their three kids were on a stateside visit in June. "We were busy, busy," said Rog, "but we loved every minute of it." Grandma and Grandpa are planning to make a return visit to Sweden in April.

Dave and Grace Nutt also missed reunion because of a grandchild namely, the birth of a second grandson to son Ty '74 and his wife in Irvine, Calif. The Nutts already have their skis waxed in anticipation of some Ver- mont descents this winter. Dave is still with the United States Trust Company in New York.

Between mistletoe and boat shows, Character Yacht president John Eaton paddled down to Hilton Head, S.C., to see his brother Fred '41, who is retired there.

Fran Currier, Don's widow, wrote to say that she was off for two weeks in Florida, visiting their son, Don Jr., his wife, and their boys, four and a half and two. "Lots of fun and sun," she said, "and sailing on Don's beloved boat."

Then, the warmest kind of phone call from John Lesher, our Weyerhaeuser man from the Tacoma, Wash., suburb of Steilacoomb. Ex-Weyerhaeuser man, that is, because John said he was hanging up his peavy December 31,1984. "No more desk time," he said, "just Alice and I out walking the woods and hiking the hills from now on." A man after my own heart . . .

Stay-at-homes Dick and Carol Ranger had a lethargic year out of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. All they did was ski in Boulder over Christmas, host a Ford trip to Cancun in January, ski Aspen/Snowmass in February, get to the Cape and Maine in June, as well as our 40th in Hanover, sail in the Bahamas in July, and drop in on the Harvard game in October. And for Dick, all this on an arthritic hip!

Budge Griffin informs, in the small world department, that his youngest daughter, Elisabeth (Plymouth State College '80), works as a graphic artist for Bill McElnea's son, Jeff '71, who owns a public relations/advertising firm in New Jersey. And speaking of McElneas, Anne and Fritz Hier will be skiing with them at their place near Aspen at the end of February for a week. Eat your hearts out, Rangers . . .

Hearts and Flowers Department: DickWhiting married Joanne Easterling in New London, N.H., on October 19, 1984. Attendees included Dick's former roommates (and their wives), Fred and Trudy Daley and Daleand Norma Sisson.

Slippery Cobblestone Section: Rod andJune Morgan went to Spain after Christmas for a two-week sojourn, and on the third day in the country June fell and broke her leg in three places. End of two weeks sight-seeing in Spain. Last year, Don and Maryann Pfeifle showed how by doing the same thing in Portugal. Maryann slipped on cobblestones and broke her ankle. And that was Portugal . . .

A handsome AP photograph accompanied a story in the local press indicating that VeRmont Supreme Court Justice Wynn Underwood was retiring, effective March 1985. Wynn said his decision was made over Christmas at the urging of his children. 'After 19 years in private practice and 14 years on the bench, I really look forward to a new challenge. It has been a great experience for me both on the trial court and on the Supreme Court."

Not retiring at all is Bob Rader, who is one of 11 men organizing a new bank in Wayne, Pa. It hopes to provide more personalized service and cater to business and individuals who would borrow in the $25,000 to $300,000 range the professional market, including doctors, lawyers, accountants, and business executives. "We feel that the large Philadelphia banks miss the small guys," Bob said. "They don't do much for small businesses, and we feel that we can."

More losses in the '44 family: Charles Frieman died from a heart attack April 28, 1984, in Riviera Beach, Fla., and Steve Rothermel died January 10, also of a heart attack. Our sympathies to their wives and children.

That's it. Blessings.

Lovejoy Hill Cornish Flat, NH 03746